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Old 03-12-2011, 03:54 PM   #1
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Musso Madness

I have been wanting to build some Musso Senior and Junior metal lipped deep divers and trollers every since i read Bassdoser's article several years ago. Plus i wanted to try painting the unique scallop pattern on these sweet designs.

I am hoping these will be good plugs (esp the dark purple sr deep divers) in the canal this spring.

Planning to rig them with cut 4/0s with a tail flag with matching color and some flash.
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Old 03-12-2011, 03:55 PM   #2
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and 3 more pictures of the scallop paint design...
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Old 03-12-2011, 04:31 PM   #3
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Those are sweet man!!

Thanks again for the print out of the musso scallops!! I made a stencil out of overhead projection plastic.

Let us know how they swim.
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Old 03-12-2011, 05:00 PM   #4
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If you have an original, look closely at the lip side on.

The stock Pikie and lefty lips are bent flatter than the musso lips and the plug will not act the same. You need to rebend them to get it right on the maples and pines. Remember, those plugs are designed to dig. Took me a whole season to figure that out.
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If you have an original, look closely at the lip side on.

The stock Pikie and lefty lips are bent flatter than the musso lips and the plug will not act the same. You need to rebend them to get it right on the maples and pines. Remember, those plugs are designed to dig. Took me a whole season to figure that out.

What is the proper angle to bend the lip from the vertical face that sits up against the the front of the plug... about 135 degrees?

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Old 03-12-2011, 08:47 PM   #6
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Those are sweet man!!

Thanks again for the print out of the musso scallops!! I made a stencil out of overhead projection plastic.

Let us know how they swim.
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Print out?

There's a 'print out'?

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Old 03-12-2011, 09:12 PM   #7
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Yeah there is!!

BT was nice enough to give me a print out which was a true size version of a scalloped musso, think he did it in word document.

Double the image, cut it out and stencil is done!!

I like the overhead projection plastic cuts real easy and you get lots of plugs out of it.
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Old 03-12-2011, 09:20 PM   #8
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Nice plugs, BT. Will you use them In Quicks Hole?
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Old 03-12-2011, 11:42 PM   #9
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Nice plugs, BT. Will you use them In Quicks Hole?
Definitely should be good in Quicks and Robisons Hole and around naushon...

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Old 03-13-2011, 02:01 AM   #10
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Sweet lookin plugs
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Old 03-13-2011, 07:27 AM   #11
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VERY NICE guess Im doing more scallopes always like them.
I got one for CHUMBUCKET done, if he makes it in APRIL
will post then.
GOOD LUCK GOOD BUILDIN

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Old 03-14-2011, 09:43 AM   #12
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Nice Scallops.
I love them saute'd with some butter.
Thanks Saltydog.

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